Since 1986 Harry Weisberger has been a contributor to Aviation International News and a regular member of its HAI and NBAA convention news editorial staff. He was previously a marketing communications specialist for Sperry Flight Systems in Phoenix, providing information involving the general aviation, airline, defense and space market segments. His aviation journalism activity has also included writing and editing for Flight Training, Business Aviation Safety Journal, Private Pilot and Arizona Flyways (for whom he interviewed Barry Goldwater and Paul Tibbets. He has also contributed to Smithsonian Air &amp; Space and Aero magazines. He served 5-1/2 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a radar intercept officer in F4 Phantom jet fighters, followed by Naval Air Reserve duty as a patrol plane navigator. Weisberger’s journalism career began at the Santa Ana Register (now Orange County Register) where he was a beat reporter and copy desk editor. He holds a commercial pilot license with instrument rating, has logged 1,980 pilot hours and has owned or been a partner in five general aviation aircraft.

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Aircraft Structures International Corp. (ASIC) of Enid, Okla., serves operators of the single-engine turboprop Cessna Caravan exclusively. The company, which specializes in Caravan modifications and upgrades, maintains a stock of wings and flight controls for immediate exchange and possesses jigs that make it possible to rebuild an entire aircraft. 
Mickey Stowers, ASIC’s president, said the company is developing numerous supplemental type certificates (STCs) to enhance the already impressive characteristics of the Caravan. This year, ASIC is be featuring at the NBAA convention its Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PT6A-140 engine conversion for the Caravan, along with four other STCs.
Other STCs that ASIC is showing at its NBAA exhibit (Booth 1764) include wing jack pads, LED cargo pod lights, standby flap system limit switches and lower door panels with pockets for pilot and copilot equipment stowage. The ASIC PT6A-140 engine conversion STC is in progress and ASIC is accepting deposits for the 867-shp Caravan upgrade program.
Services offered at ASIC’s FAA-approved repair station include structural repairs and rebuilding and control surface and wing rebuilding, repair or exchange; Caravan and PT6A-114/-114A part sales, worldwide damaged aircraft retrieval, Caravan main landing gear removal, inspection and re-installation, nose gear overhaul and composites repairs.

Caravan Rebuilder Offering PT6 Conversions

The specialty Cessna Caravan modification provider owns many STCs for improving the single-engine turboprop.

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